Various tweets about Sunday night's "press conference"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

There's no transcript yet. Meanwhile, please enjoy these tweets from Aaron Rupar.

Dear Leader Moments with Alex Azar

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Trump begins his August 23 briefing with some casual xenophobia

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Trump took a grand total of three questions -- two of them from Fox News and OAN -- before abruptly ending the press conference

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Here's a tweet from John Aravosis.

JoeMyGod Retweeted

The FDA literally refused to approve plasma for covid not 4 days ago. Trump, with zero scientific background, overruled the doctors at the FDA because he knows more.

https://nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/politics/blood-plasma-covid-19.html

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There should be mass resignations at
@US_FDA
, including
@FDAMedia
which put out the “dear leader” press release.

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PRESS RELEASE: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising #COVID19 Treatment, Another Achievement in Administration’s Fight Against Pandemic https://fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-convalescent-plasma-potential-promising-covid-19-treatment

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[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[cayugafalls]

2. FDA.gov back online now, was down for a few minutes.

Interesting.

Oops.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Trump virus is getting worse. It's taken over the FDA. nt

[ananda]

10. The whole GOP is a deadly virus infecting this nation..

It has been for a good while.

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. Pay attention to MEEE!!!!

Someone should cram his phone down his throat. It would solve 2 problems at once.

[vapor2]

6. Wow, he manipulated the FDA??

Any bets he will produce a covid vaccine before the election? I'll wait

[SunSeeker]

7. Wow. The replies are just EVISCERATING the FDA.

Great read. Lots of replies by doctors/health professionals.


My favorite, from Dr. Figone:

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[Cha]

11. Mahalo, SunSeeker.. Rt! Dr Figone is not messing around.

trump is Desperately Clawing in the cesspool for a way to trick America again.. just like he tried to trick us with calling COVID a "democrat hoax" for "70 days"

[SunSeeker]

12. Yes, the lost 70 days where he let Covid-19 spread across the country unabated.

But he STILL has no plan, even now. At this point, it's just murder.

[Cha]

13. It is Evil mass homicide as TLP puts together.. I wish they would have

video in this one of him calling it a "democrat hoax for 70 day" It's Vital to make the case Against trump's Lies.

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[uponit7771]

8. K&R, and there will ***STILL*** be people who deride those who are skeptical of a vaccine

[Cha]

9. Fucking DICtator... VOTE his Psycho Puppet ASSFACE OUT!